Saudi threatens to lay seige to Qatar
Mar 10th 2014, 8:32 am
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Saudi threatens to lay seige to Qatar
Saudi Arabia has threatened to blockade its neighbouring Gulf State Qatar by land and sea unless it cuts ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, closes Al Jazeera, and expels local branches of two prestigious U.S. think tanks, the Brookings Doha Center and the Rand Qatar Policy Institute.
Sounds rather heated.
Mar 10th 2014, 8:45 am
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What a mess. This should be interesting.
Mar 10th 2014, 8:58 am
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scary stuff.
Mar 10th 2014, 9:10 am
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Just in case...anybody got some temp space for 2 very nice war refugees from Qatar ? Oh...and 3 cats.
Mar 10th 2014, 9:27 am
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Re: Saudi threatens to lay seige to Qatar
My three year old doesn't behave this childishly
My bucket of shite is over flowing at the moment
My bucket of shite is over flowing at the moment
Mar 10th 2014, 9:39 am
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That said I find the idea of gcc armies engaging each other utterly hilarious.
You can just imagine what it'd be like
Mar 10th 2014, 9:41 am
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I somehow get the feeling that the recent sabre-rattling has something to do with the way the Russia-Ukraine situation has taken place; where the US gave the appearance of not willing to take any strong steps in favor of Ukraine...
Mar 10th 2014, 1:41 pm
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Re: Saudi threatens to lay seige to Qatar
Al Arabiya's editor-in-chief says Qatar has a " small state syndrome" .
Well we know why Al Arabiya would say that
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faisal...usaolp00000592
Well we know why Al Arabiya would say that
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faisal...usaolp00000592
Senior sources in Riyadh also say that following the toppling of Qaddafi in 2011, Saudi Arabia obtained audio recordings containing a conversation among top Qatari leaders discussing supporting an attempt to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. Unconfirmed reports hint that this audio recording was of Qatar's former Emir Sheikh Hamad and former Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim.
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Mar 10th 2014, 2:28 pm
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Re: Saudi threatens to lay seige to Qatar
Al Arabiya's editor-in-chief says Qatar has a " small state syndrome" .
Well we know why Al Arabiya would say that
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faisal...usaolp00000592
Well we know why Al Arabiya would say that
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faisal...usaolp00000592
I'm loving the way the PAE 'story' on Qatar banning other gulfies from Harrods has been quoted in serious press in Egypt and Pakistan.
Bella Cockpit indeed
Mar 10th 2014, 2:59 pm
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I am usually a rather dour bastard, but the PAE and the follow up reports taken at face value have had me laughing all afternoon.
Bloody brilliant!
Bloody brilliant!
Mar 10th 2014, 3:39 pm
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I do wish PAE would not disclose soo openly their satirical nature, it ruins the fun from what would otherwise surely be far more posters showing genuine umbrage.
Mar 10th 2014, 4:14 pm
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